President Trump touched down in France on Friday and immediately took a shot at President Emmanuel Macron for his recent call for a "European army," calling the idea "very insulting" and renewing pressure on the country to contribute more to NATO.

U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron agreed on Saturday on the need for more European defence spending, papering over an earlier Trump tweet that had described Macron’s call for a ...

“Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the US subsidises greatly!,” he added. Trump, who is visiting France ... to a call made by Macron in an interview Tue...

"Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the US subsidizes greatly!," he added. Trump, who is visiting France ... referring to a call made by Macron in an int...

“Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the US subsidizes greatly!,” he added. President Macron of France ... to a call made by Macron in an interview on Tue...

“President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the US, China and Russia,” Trump tweeted. “Very insulting ... the formation of a “real ...

Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the U.S. subsidizes greatly! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2018. This week Macron called for a “real European army” to protect against China, Russia, and the United States.

Trump rips Macron after landing in France over ‘insulting’ call for European army. Share. Share with: Link: Copy link. ... His motives, however, are not the point; the point is that Europe needs a European Army, Navy and Air Force under one unified command and the US needs to invest its military resources in the Pacific; not on an obsolete ...

President Trump touched down in France on Friday and immediately took a shot at President Emmanuel Macron for his recent call for a "European army," calling the idea "very insulting" and renewing pressure on the country to contribute more to NATO.

The comments come after Merkel expressed support for French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron’s call for the European Union to have its own army to protect itself from a number of external threats, including the United States — comments which were condemned by U.S. President Donald J. Trump as “very insulting.” EU Army ‘Already Taking ...

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday made a clear call for a future European army, in an apparent rebuke to US President Donald Trump who has called such proposals "very insulting".

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